The past week had Yulen contemplating her family again. It had all started with some stupid poem that Lucas had written about his car. Nadira, her half-sister, had found it, assumed of course, that it was about her, and then demanded to start dating Lucas. And Ransik, instead of berating her or telling her to not be a traitor, allows their relationship to continue!

It made her angry. She didn't understand why Ransik fawned over Nadira, but sent her older brother, Harken, to kill her. It made no sense.

Why does it even matter? She wondered. Why do I even care? It's not like we've been family for a while anyway. She wanted to not care, but for some reason, those petty emotions just came back to bite her in the butt.

Jen returned from a late run and noticed Yulen sitting by herself, eyes closed, her mind seemingly in deep concentration. Jen shrugged it off and washed up, and returning twenty minutes later, Yulen was still sitting alone, in the same stance.

"Hey, is everything okay?" Jen asked as she walked by.

Yulen opened her eyes and looked up. "Yeah, everything's fine."

"You've been sitting like that for an hour, something has to be up," Lucas said, looking up from his game of cards with Trip.

"Sometimes I like to think, what's the big deal?" Yulen said, a little harshly.

"We're a team, if something's bothering you, you should tell us," Trip replied, a little defensively.

Now Wes and Katie had entered the room, hearing their conversation escalating.

"What's wrong Yulen?" Katie asked gentley.

Yulen felt like she was trapped in a corner. They all knew something was bugging her. I guess that came with living with her for a few months. They tended to notice her moods and behaviours. But Yulen never talked about this sort of stuff. Not even with Odeon.

She stood up, crossed her arms and looked down. After a few moments, she looked up. "Look, I don't talk about this sort of stuff... with anyone. But since you want to know, I'll tell you." She took a breath. "It bothers me that Ransik let Nadira be with you, Lucas, since he sends my brother to try and kill me when he can."

"I thought this whole Ransik fight didn't bother you?" Lucas said after a moment, looking surprised.

"Yeah, well, I guess it does," She replied sharply. "It's not a big deal, just forget about it. If he doesn't want me around, that's his business." With that, Yulen stormed off to the roof.

Ransik walked down a corridor to where his son rested. Ever since he had reanimated his son, Ransik had doubts about bringing him back. His son was a dangerous enemy and ally. His methods were harsh, even for Ransik. But desperate times called for desperate measures.

"Harken, wake up," Ransik said. He had locked up his son in the cell he had once kept Frax in. He didn't trust Harken as far as he could throw him. "It's time to prove your loyalty to me."

"What do you mean, Father?" Harken asked, standing up.

"You are not to return to me until Yulen is dead," Ransik replied firmly, opening the cell doors.

Harken grinned and stepped out. "Yes Father."

Yulen leaned against the edge of the clocktower roof. She hadn't been expecting to spill her guts about Ransik today. She had never expected to talk about those pent up feelings she had about her... Ransik.

"There you are," Jen said, stepping towards Yulen. "Are you okay?" She asked, leaning beside her.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Like I said before, I don't talk about that sort of stuff with people. It's personal," Yulen replied, looking out into the distance.

"Listen, we're a team," Jen said, also looking out, and then looking at Yulen. "You can share this stuff with us. We're here for you."

Yulen looked over at Jen. "Thanks," She replied, then looked out again.

Just then Katie ran on to the roof. "Mutant attack! And... it's Harken!"

Yulen snapped around and nodded. "Alright... this ends today," She declared. The other two women nodded and they all ran down the stairs to face their enemy.

Harken paced around the wreckage he created. He was waiting for Yulen to show up. This time, for sure. He would destroy her. No, first he would destroy the other rangers, slowly, before her eyes. Then he would slowly kill Yulen. Then he would replace Nadira as Ransik's favoured child. This was a plan he had crafted while in recovery from the last fight. This plan had pushed him through one of his most difficult times in his life. Now it was all coming into place. All he had to do was follow through on his plan.

The end of his plan was rather simple too. Once he had become Ransik's second in command, he would bide his time. He would lead the take over of the year 2001. He would become the new leader, at least in the eyes of the other mutants. Then, when the time was right, he would take Ransik's place. Either by request, or by force. He smiled as he thought that.

He looked in the distance and saw the rangers speed towards him on their motorcycles. He didn't see Yulen, though.

If Yulen wasn't morphed, you could see her blushing in embarrassment. The Grey Quantum morpher had always been in its experimental phase, so no special weapons, equipment, etc, had ever been developed for it. No, instead she was riding on the back of Jen's vector cycle.

Finally, they reached Harken. He stood there, smiling and waiting for them, his sword drawn, as if he was proud all the destruction that laid around him. No doubt he was quite proud of what he had done.

Yulen led the rangers as they walked to Harken. "This is your last chance, Harken. Give up."

He smirked, darkly. "You know I'd never do that. I've got too much to lose."

At that, they all charged towards him. Yulen, all of them, had been waiting for this moment. Just as much as Harken had been, probably. It was pretty obvious if someone had been observing the fight. Both Harken and the rangers had spent a lot of time training for this moment. But it was clear who the winner would be.

Harken tried desperately to block the incoming blows from the seven rangers. Even Eric had showed up for this fight. Yulen led the charge, broke through Harken's defense, and left him on his back, his eyes pleading for mercy.

"This wasn't how it was supposed to be!" He whispered to himself, quietly. How could this be? He thought. This isn't possible!

"Harken, you're under arrest," Jen said, stepping forward. Moments later, he was in containment.

Yulen sighed. For some reason, that felt anti-climatic, she thought to herself.

"That was a lot easier then I remembered," Yulen said, as they walked back to their cycles. Eric left to report back to Mr. Meyers.

"That's because we worked as a team. You're a part of this team, Yulen," Wes said, nodding his head.

"Thanks guys," She replied. If she wasn't morphed, they would have seen her smile.